Life Span Development II School Age and Adolescence

Life Span Development II: School age and Adolescence 3 (2+1)

Lesson 32 : Counselling during Adolescence

Introduction

In education, the goal is guidance, technique is counseling. Counseling is the core of the guidance programme.

Professional counselling, is a recent development, Colleges and Universities are becoming increasingly interested in it’s potential benefits.

Counselling is a process, which takes place in a one – to - one relationship between an individual beset with problems, can’t cope alone, needs professional help to for solutions.

Individualized services, granting loans and scholarships, handling discipline cases, choosing vocational objectives, selecting optional courses, financial and health matters, family, social and emotional adjustments.